New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-12-20
IT MEANS FREE TRADE.
PRAISE FOR CLEVELAND
Ills MESSAGE lNlE2PRE ED AS AN ATTACK
UPON TiE AMERICAN SYSTEM

AMERICAS BITTEEEsr FOE LsArs CHORUS on
JOY AT The SIGHT OF AZ AMERICAN PRESIDENT
FIGHTING AGAINST AMERICAN INDUSTRIAL IN
TERisSIS.
FROM ne saturday Reri,pc
The messages spcechcS OF the Psosd mt OF tho
United s;acs have not. as rule, been Of consider
aLlo interest to Engl.shmen. President Clcyclands
message viii Lc very Important exception II deals
with question which /, as interesting TO Enslshmen
as Americans, and 1t must needs prt life and
spirit the politics of The United states tan they
have possessed at any period since TIC conclusion Of
tho gros' Can " -: ~eiiy ave y"ai ago lho shns
through the custom ' tn trqut. hat T. E'>.i.!
s,pn!d hc dl>Cusiye essay on thihgs In general
President ClcI Gland Ia; &c Otrd himself cp'nry III,
tart T. II Is impossible TO rocasi tbs without ia hing
directly the pockets Of every cltZ,n of tn nieJ
states. and Indirectly influencing tho commercial .ncr.
Of the world, The leslen, ~ eaFfi ~ state 10
has no wish 10 court ihc american WORKMAN, bnt no
frankly declares his Indifference 10 the charge Of favor
ing Free trade His policy, no SAY may H." cai!cI by
thai ''t another paic but II IS inc IAlry H. iccom'
mcnds to Congress, and which. he docs not affect
deny must alter III, terms on which foreigners have
cans compete with fOrcl gncgs abroad change ~ tAs
magnitude could not b, Indifferent 10 other nations,
oven II 1t were made by much less ac,Vc ana abby
country than the United states. ~ home - PrcsI-
dents message must, whether his FOLEY adj 9'ed
not havc profound influence on AN ricah l"iiics,
II only by bringing forward grear question o. sdlH-
i,traiion to be fought over between the two flfes
of General Cleveland tho question 81 Civil Service
Reform came to the front and now Pre-, ra'e-un,cr
certain limitations, mainly of nominal knihss fol-
loved. II may tc taken for granted that tha prSl-
dent has not acted without previously conSulng lhs
leaders Of The Democratic party and seeming cr a.
prevail lie and they have taken up again lhe oj
FIRE. trade policy OF the sonih Carolina politicians,
uncOnnected with what. in the IarsOn Of American
politics. was called tho sectional question Wafrycr
Tho ultimate result Of m, Presidents action nav be-
he has at least done much to give dignity and interest
to American politics. Th,rc must now BE- a strngg.
The difficulty Of which President Cleveland complain.
Is ono which appears calculated To excite the envy u
European statesmen inc american Treasury J., 81
rich that II does not know what 10 do with all ~
money. President Cleveland haS 10
cIded 10 gan for RS party tlo credit Of facles no
situation boldly He has asked Congress o voic ma,
tho relief both TO tho Treasury and the tsXpayor >lOul
he given by fhc reduction or ioia icp"al of dti'' Oh
imports. This conIse Is obviously thH right one. ~.
coring TO the ideas prevalent IN :nglanf bui II VII
Itccr Wl,m S,r@ns 9hpo.h IN hs .o,s -,
do their utmost 10 defeat f. They thoroughly
avow it openly 10 raise much larger rvcnn" than tho
state can SPEND in order 10 save naive Industries from
Europe ievcneS have very rarely hcrn m rNcH ~ M
demands Of Governments. and I'm ganh vhirh ha'
occasionally had a surplus to dispose a. hl' never
choice must sooner lsf"r-urlsss the F'drral GOV
eminent lni. some WAY ~ spending great d"1l NOR
monrv-hr between the irn>Si"n ~ Custom dues o,
their maintenance moi for purpOSes OF revenue hut
Wholly and solely IN ori' 70 protect native inin>'ry
economists who drew the petition nf the lemp
majors OF paiiS President CiSyeland has decided to
himself Free trader. huf he takes up the Free trade
The President di,nisscs almost with contempt tho
contention hat any udn,'rv in America Is fee'ls
p 10 h,rh he 13iol ana u>tfribg carr OF the Ped
oral Government. and b" explicitly the
a'HrorS ~ bandins to inHurnrc tho legislation In hs,r
own personal interest This. however politely Il may
he worded. Il no. conciliaiorv language. II must bs
talon TO prove that tho President and N" Democrats
leaders have finally decided that tlry have nothing
70 gain By looming mca>uc any longer With the Pro-
teci'onlSis. They ha~'. from whatever motive 20.
solved to 'hort Fro" tra'l" gsblicy. NofhnG b"
moro explicit tia. ~" Presidents languag' "Ths
S'mr!r and Main iu'" which owe Tho unpp'r j. ic
irlrc' taNaiion 70 a." amount requisite 20 rret ths
ur"c~>arv expenses Of ~ Government ard rr,>'or,
10 u,inr's aal fU t' country the monrv acornulafHt
IN Tho Treasury t. America this means Fro trade